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Photo: Ed Watkins, 2007
Lamp Base
Photo: Ed Watkins, 2007
Photo: Ed Watkins, 2007

Lamp Base

Artist (United States, 1924 – 2002)
Datec. 1956
MaterialsGlazed stoneware and slip
Techniques
Wheel-thrown, altered, and electrified
Dimensions30 x 9 x 9 in. (76.2 x 22.9 x 22.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of Arts and Design, New York; gift of the artist, 1990
Object Number1990.17.1
Display Status
Not on view
ObjectLamp
ClassificationsCeramic
Terms
  • Lighting
  • Ceramic
Historical AttributesIn Paul Smith's interview for the BGC Craft Oral Histories project, Smith states: "Mrs. Webb ... commissioned [Peter Voulkos] to make the lamps in the conference room for the new museum." Could these be those lamps?
Photo: Ed Watkins, 2007
Peter Voulkos
c. 1956
1990.17.2
Photo: Ed Watkins, 2007
Peter Voulkos
c. 1956
1990.18
Photo: Eva Heyd
Peter Voulkos
1956
1962.1
Photo: Eva Heyd
Peter Voulkos
1953
1967.21a,b
Photo: Eva Heyd
Peter Voulkos
1959
1977.3
Photo: Ed Watkins, 2007
Peter Voulkos
1959
1977.2.92
Photo: Ed Watkins, 2007
Peter Voulkos
1990
1991.7
Sibley
Peter Voulkos
1992
2009.19.1
Photo: Ed Watkins, 2007
Peter Voulkos
1981
1984.12
Photo Credit: Ed Watkins, 2007
Peter Voulkos
1979
2006.3.29
Photo Credit: John Bigelow Taylor, 2008
Pier Voulkos
1996
1998.9
Photo: Matthew J. Cox
Pier Voulkos
c. 1989
2009.30.2